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Summary: It was OK
Review: Entertaining read. It was more subtle than other JM's books. There was a significant lack of "bedroom scenes" as compared to her other novels. However, I did enjoy the Foster family anecdotes, especially the one about the camping trip. This story, in my opinion centered around the strong family ties among the Bretton-Foster and not so much around Diana and Cole's love story. But I must admit that unlike other readers who complained about too much business talk, I truly enjoyed those scenes. They somehow reminded me of the relationship between our beloved Matt and Meredith from Paradise...
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Summary: Boring? Are you crazy? I couldn't put it down...
Review: After reading her contemporary novels, I noticed McNaught is very interested with the Business World and future technology. Like Paradise and Double Standards, Remember When is another novel where the words such as "subsidiary" and "subpoena" are sprinkled around the chapters. I perfectly understand if some readers complained about being put to sleep and bored to death by this novel. Im not really a big fan of tycoons or "wall-street-strategies" and McNaught makes it even harder to read or understand. On some parts, I was wondering if I was reading "Business Today" instead of a romance novel. One of her mistakes is giving it to us RAW and SOLID. I think she should have interwoven the technicalities with some humor or intimacy instead of dumping it all on 3+ chapters. On the other hand, I still enjoyed reading this story because it was light and simple. The story is based on a 2 year old friendship of Cole and Diana who had been separated and who had met again after a period of 14 years. What I find very phony and unconvincing is the immediate intimacy that miraculously blossomed after 3(or is it 4?) DAYS of alcohol indulgence, a family dinner, and a blast from the past visit at Cole's hometown. Still, I made excuses for McNaught's ridiculous imagination-put-into-paper by thinking that maybe there was something between Cole and Diana 14 years ago. I mean, I have no problem with Diana's feelings, but I'm not really sure about Cole's. I think McNaught has the ability to write dream-like romances by pouring a lot of Machiavellic themes, witty dialogues, heartwrenching love scences, and I'll say they're good but they're too much. And then she can also create straight and intelligent romance novels by loading them with technical/scientific terms, detached intimacy, and family oriented characters, and I'll say they're lacking and very unsatisfying. Remember When is obviously the latter of these two choices. I hope McNaught finds a way how to write an in-between novel, where every criterias are enough in proportions.
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Summary: Not all can be the best...
Review: Not matter what Judith McNaught writes, you know it's going to be great. But not every book can be your favorite. If they were, they wouldn't be a favorite. I'm amazed by the way people describe some of these books in their reviews. Your favorite book tends to be the one that you picked up when you first started reading a certain author. For me, it was Paradise, for a lot of others it was Whitney, My Love.That being said, I truly believe people are being extra harsh in reviewing this book. No, I don't think it's her best book, but it was a fun read. I was not disappointed in the characters or the story. I found them to be a great couple and I liked the events that took place. I love Judith's writing style, and the way she is able to take you into the character's realm whether that is medieval times or the present. I think if you are looking for a good story that's fun to read, this would be a terrific option for you. If you want to read something that's more memorable, pick up Paradise or Perfect. If you like historical more, pick up her books Something Wonderful and Almost Perfect. Just whatever you do, sit down and want to have fun with a book and let it do it's job and take you to these places.
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Summary: Remember When
Review: Judith McNaught has entranced me once again. In Remember When, I was whisked away from reality to an elite society in Texas. This book is superb with the development of the characters and realism of the plot.
The characters are endearing and believable. Diana, the main character, matures from an innocent teenager to an independent business woman. Her love interest, Cole, transitions from a poor stable boy to a corporate millionaire. The secondary characters, which consist of Meredith's family is lovable and down to earth. Judith McNaught also appeals to the readers by showing that each character possesses a hidden quality that is revealed with the other character. Diana becomes carefree in the presence of Cole and Cole exposes his sensitive side to her.
Set in an upper class society, rich men dominate the business industry. McNaught illustrates how Cole and Diana overcome the class barrier; Cole, by becoming a rich and famous corporate leader and Diana is the CEO of her own magazine.
The use of time was effective because as the book transitions from the past to the present, the development of the characters became more personal. On the same page, the plot was intriguing with the use of time periods. I was anticipating the moment when Diana and Cole would meet again after their long separation. The sequence of events did not happen rapidly and moved at such a pace that was realistic. The couple did not fall in love at first sight, but gradually with time.
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